1947 Stinson 10A | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:05:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 KY: 1947 Plane runs out of gas on median https://airflightdisaster.com/ky-1947-plane-runs-out-of-gas-on-median/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:58:22 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=5977 Pictured: A Stinson 10A. The one that ran out of gas on the median is described as a yellow, high-wing, three-seat, “taildragger” Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Vladimir Kostritsa What: 1947 Stinson 10A en route from Mason City, Iowa, to Boone, North Carolina Where: four miles west of London in...

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Pictured: A Stinson 10A. The one that ran out of gas on the median is described as a yellow, high-wing, three-seat, “taildragger”
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Vladimir Kostritsa

What: 1947 Stinson 10A en route from Mason City, Iowa, to Boone, North Carolina
Where: four miles west of London in the median of KY 80
When: 3 p.m. Wednesday October 7
Who: 62-year-old pilot Wayne Alsworth, of Sterling, Alaska
Why: The landing was due to running low on fuel. Fuel was procured for the pilot, who was able to then take off and go to the nearest airport to fill his tank.

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